Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| pizza / often / for dinner / Mike / eats |
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| How / to the disco? / you / go / often / do |
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| Does / always / ? / Kevin / win |
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| My parents / almost never / go on holiday |
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| have lunch / at home? / Do / you / usually |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| often / is / John / late |
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| Something is the matter with me. I / in the mornings. / am / usually / very tired |
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| rarely / if you need it / help you / will / Tom |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the end) |
| feel tired? / you / often / Do |
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| once a month / go / I / usually / to the hairdresser's |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| She / when you talk to her / rarely / listens |
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| ? / you / every day / Do / to the gym / go |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| in blue / very often / dresses / She |
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| some petrol / every other day. / I travel a lot. I / need |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| Yesterday, / phoned / twice / me / she |
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| breaks down / several times a year / My car |
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| hardly ever / oranges / eat / I |
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| never / I / what to say / know |
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| asking me questions / always / is / She |
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| five times / I / it / saw |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| My parents / to help me / very often / come |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the end) |
| I / Can / in green? / dress / always |
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| three times a week / go / to the gym / I |
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| I / day in, day out / shopping / have to go |
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| can / They / listen / never |
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| never / can / your car keys / You / find |
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| I / to the dentist / usually / go / once a year |
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| have / We / every other day / soup |
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| at 8 a.m. / I / get up / always |
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| They / usually / some help with the homework / need |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
